amoebiasis

English

Alternative forms

• amebiasis
• amœbiasis

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amoeb- +‎ -iasis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪəsɪs

Noun

amoebiasis (plural amoebiases)

1. (biology, medicine, uncountable) Disease associated with the presence of amoebas.
2. (biology, medicine, countable) Any of various such diseases; most especially:
   1. (medicine) An infectious disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; amoebic dysentery.

Synonyms

• amoebosis (amebosis) (less common)

Related terms

• entamoebiasis (entamebiasis)

Translations

disease caused by parasitic protozoan

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿米巴病 (zh) (āmǐbābìng)

• Czech: amébiáza f
• Dutch: amoebiasis f, amoebedysenterie f
• Finnish: amebapunatauti, punatauti (fi), amebiaasi
• French: amœbose f
• Galician: amebíase (gl) f
• Greek: αμοιβάδωση (el) f (amoivádosi)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: амебијаза f (amebijaza)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: ameboza f, pełzakowica f, amebiaza f
• Portuguese: amebíase (pt) f
• Russian: амёбиа́з (ru) m (amjobiáz)
• Spanish: amebiasis f
• Swedish: amöbadysenteri c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: nhiễm amíp

Further reading

• amoebiasis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “amoebiasis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.